Olympic Lessons in Leadership

Olympic Lessons in Leadership

Photo by Martine Jacobsen on Unsplash Olympic Lessons in Leadership It’s the Winter Olympics and I am getting my fill of sliding and gliding.  Some sports make me wish I were out there and some make me glad I’m enjoying them on the sofa. Another thing I love about the...
Test Your Assumptions

Test Your Assumptions

Test Your Assumptions   Rewards   I adopted Murphy, our dog, from a shelter when he was five years old.  I made a lot of assumptions about how to be a good dog owner, based on all the reading I’d done.  Most of the time, I seemed to be on the right path.  I...
A Healthy Tension

A Healthy Tension

Photography by Eva Doyle.  A loom warped and ready to go. A Healthy Tension For a long time in my career, I was uncomfortable with conflict.  The roots of that go back to my childhood spent with an alcoholic parent, but as Judge Judy would say, that’s a discussion for...
The Power of Simple Tools

The Power of Simple Tools

Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash Sometimes I marvel at how simple tools can make hard jobs easy and easy jobs almost fun.  Take, for example, a good pair of work gloves.  It’s amazing how much more you can do with just a bit of protection on your hands.  How much...